Country size comparison
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British Virgin Islands is about 338 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while British Virgin Islands is approximately 151 sq km, making British Virgin Islands 0.3% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.2 million fewer people live in British Virgin Islands).
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